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Tag: winter fruit

A pomegranate fruit was one of my favorites as a child and still is. It is so delicious, worth the effort it takes to peel.I f you put one in a bowl or sink of water, it is less messy and also easier to peel. You can thank my aunt for that piece of advice. She uses them in a particular salad that she serves. Recently I read something about the pomegranate seeds being very good for you. They have large quantities of antioxidants also.

Pomegranates taste great!

I found this site which I found to be very well made. If you have never had a pomegranate, this would be a very helpful site.

Apparently there are two types of persimmons the kind you cook with and the kind that you eat like a fruit. They are also called astringent and non astringent, the latter are the kind that you can eat. They are in between and an apple and a pear, and but with more texture similar to the tomato. Below are pictures that I took of some persimmons at my Aunt’s house over Thanksgiving.

The astringent type has high levels of tannins. You can taste what tannin is if you peel a dark grape and eat the skin alone. That is the taste of tannin, which is also in wines. So when there is high tannin the taste is more bitter, and therefore the astringent persimmons need to be very very ripe, or you just cook and bake with them. Persimmons are a beautiful color, you can find the persimmon trees full of fruit in the winter.

Lemons are finally in season in California. We are so spoiled here. It is so nice not to buy lemons. Thanks to all my friends for the free lemons! I have enough for hummus all month long and to make lemon sugar cookies for the holiday’s.